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Golf club head with adjustable vibration-absorbing capacity

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-12-15
FUSHENG IND CO LTD
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[0007] An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club head including at least one vibration-absorbing member and at least one adjusting member for adjusting the pressing force exerting on the rear side of a striking plate of the golf club head by the vibration-absorbing member and for adjusting the compressed amount of the vibration-absorbing member, thereby improving gripping comfort, improving striking accuracy, and assuring the overall striking effect.
[0008] Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf club head for avoiding loss of momentum and assuring the overall striking effect.
[0009] A further object of the present invention is to provide a golf club head for effectively absorbing residual vibrations, thereby improving gripping comfort. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a golf club head comprises a body, a striking plate engaged with the body and including a front side for striking a golf ball and a rear side, at least one vibration-receiving member made of an elastomeric material, and at least one adjusting member. At least one compartment is defined in a rear side of the body and is delimited by the rear side of the striking plate. The vibration-absorbing member is mounted in the compartment and in contact with a portion of the rear side of the striking plate. The adjusting member is adjustably mounted in the compartment to adjust a pressing force exerting on the rear side of the striking plate by the vibration-absorbing member and to adjust a compressed amount of the vibration-absorbing member, thereby effectively absorbing residual vibrations and avoiding loss of momentum.
[0015] In another embodiment of the invention, the vibration-absorbing member is solid and has compressibility.

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Namely, the golf club heads cannot be adjusted to obtain the proper striking effect according to the golfer's need.

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[0027] Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, a golf club head in accordance with the present invention comprises a body 1, at least one vibration-absorbing member 2 (three in this embodiment), and at least one adjusting member 3 (three in this embodiment). The body 1 is a body for an iron club head. The body 1 is engaged with a striking plate 11 and includes a back cavity 12 and at least one compartment 13 (three in this embodiment). The body 1 can be engaged with the striking plate 11 by welding, brazing, insertion, or screwing. The striking plate 11 has a front side for striking golf balls. Alternatively, the body 1 and the striking plate 11 can be integrally formed with each other, with the striking plate 11 being a striking face of the body 1 for striking golf balls.

[0028] The back cavity 12 is defined in a rear side of the body 1. The rear side of the striking plate 11 is thus exposed. Each compartment 13 is defined in a lower portion of the rear side of the body 1 and includes a rearwar...

second embodiment

[0037]FIG. 4 illustrates the invention, wherein the gas chamber 22 may contain an appropriate amount of liquid 23 and an appropriate amount of gas. The liquid 23 may be water, oil, gel-like fluid, non-corrosive water solution, organic solution, mixed solution, or viscous solution. When hitting a golf ball with the body 1, the liquid 23 in the gas chamber 22 provides a damping effect due to viscosity, thereby absorbing the residual vibrations of the body 1. Further, the gas in the gas chamber 22 maintains the compression characteristics of gas for the vibration-absorbing member 2. It is noted that the back cavity 12 is communicated with the compartments 13, allowing greater deformation of the vibration-absorbing members 2.

third embodiment

[0038]FIG. 5 illustrates the invention, wherein each vibration-absorbing member 2 is solid and slidably received in the associated compartment 13. As mentioned above, each adjusting member 3 can be turned to adjust the pressing force exerting on the rear side of the striking plate 11 by the vibration-absorbing member 2 and to adjust the compressed amount of the vibration-absorbing member 2. Thus, before hitting a golf ball, if an adjusting member 3 is turned to press against the associated vibration-absorbing member 2 to a greater extent, the associated vibration-absorbing member 2 is pre-loaded with a pre-loaded stress and pre-pressed to a smaller volume. Thus, the associated vibration-absorbing member 2 presses against the striking plate 11 to a greater extent and thus has a higher vibration-absorbing capacity. On the other hand, if the adjusting member 3 is turned to press against the associated vibration-absorbing member 2 to a smaller extent or to be in loose contact with the a...

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Abstract

A golf club head includes a body, a striking plate engaged with the body and including a front side for striking a golf ball and a rear side, at least one vibration-receiving member made of an elastomeric material, and at least one adjusting member. At least one compartment is defined in a rear side of the body and is delimited by the rear side of the striking plate. The vibration-absorbing member is mounted in the compartment and in contact with a portion of the rear side of the striking plate. The adjusting member is adjustably mounted in the compartment to adjust a pressing force exerting on the rear side of the striking plate by the vibration-absorbing member and to adjust a compressed amount of the vibration-absorbing member, thereby effectively absorbing residual vibrations and avoiding loss of momentum.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a golf club head. In particular, the present invention relates to a golf club head with adjustable vibration-absorbing capacity. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] U.S. Pat. No. 5,290,036 discloses a cavity back iron with vibration damping material in the cavity. As illustrated in FIG. 1 of the drawings, the golf club disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,290,036 comprises a head 100 including a striking face 101 and a back cavity 102, which is substantially filled with polyurethane 200 (or damping material). When striking a golf ball with the golf club, the damping material 200 may absorb residual vibrations and thus improve gripping comfort. [0005] To improve striking accuracy and direction controllability of the golf ball, when the golf ball begins to contact with the striking face 101, the striking face 101 should be rapidly and significantly compressed when subjected to a slight...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B53/04A63B53/06A63B59/00
CPCA63B53/047A63B2053/0491A63B59/0092A63B53/06A63B60/00A63B60/54
Inventor HOU, WEN-CHINGCHEN, YU-HONG
Owner FUSHENG IND CO LTD
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